I turned 30 this weekend, and in celebration, spent a few days at Mammoth with some friends. We snowboarded for six straight hours - no lunch break, no nothing - on Friday. I let the Forerunner 205 run the entire time, so it recorded any movement - whether that was boarding or riding on the [...]
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As I mentioned in my last post, I was just on vacation for two weeks - in Panama. I took quite a few photos during the trip - I put the first half up on Flickr here. The rest are on Tom’s camera and he’s in Columbia for a week, so I’ll add his photos [...]
Thanksgiving 2005 in Death Valley National Park
Published December 5th, 2005 in Adventures. 0 CommentsI went with Tom and some friends to Death Valley for Thanksgiving this year. A hundred or so people gather at the Saline Valley hot springs for a potluck dinner, and a warm soak. We covered some territory - through the Saline Valley, over to The Racetrack, camped on Hunter Mountain, down into the Panamint [...]
The Goat Canyon Trestle is the world’s longest, curved, wooden train trestle. It’s also one of the world’s tallest trestles. It’s located smack-dab in the middle of nowhere, but there is a small trail there if you’re willing to brave the bouldering, bugs, and cacti to get out there. We were, so we did.
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